Boosey & Hawkes Piazzolla - El Viaje - Sax Alto

Name: Piazzolla - El Viaje - Sax Alto
Brand: Boosey & Hawkes
SKU: 396649
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Essential Information About This Score
• A Rhythmic and Expressive Collection: a program largely influenced by tango, milonga, and character dances, ideal for working on phrasing and pulse.
• World of Stage Music: several pieces are taken from "Famille d'artistes" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," offering a narrative and contrasting approach.
• Perfect for Interpretation: alternation of sensual, melancholic, and energetic moods, conducive to working on dynamics, articulations, and changes of atmosphere.
• Rich Contents: 14 titles to vary tempos and build a true musical journey, from dance character to overture.

Piazzolla - El Viaje - Sax Alto

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Summary of This Score

This score brings together 14 pieces with a highly evocative character, reflecting the spirit of tango and associated dances (milonga, more "song-like" or "overture" passages), with a strong theatrical dimension. The collection particularly highlights the construction of atmospheres: rhythmic tension, rubato breathing when needed, typical accentuation, and playing with dynamic contrasts. Several titles are explicitly linked to stage music, notably "Famille d'artistes" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which adds a variety of soundscapes and a natural narration throughout the pieces.

The contents include: "La mort du canard (from Famille d'artistes)," "Tango final (from Famille d'artistes)," "Artisane 1 (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "Sentimantal (from Famille d'artistes)," "Sensuel (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "El viaje (The journey)," "Milonga (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "Artisane 2 (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "Pedro y Pedro," "Dansée (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "La chanson du Popo (from Famille d'artistes)," "Ouverture (from Famille d'artistes)," "Puck arrabal (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)," "Chanson de la naissance (from Famille d'artistes)."

Thanks to this diversity, this collection is particularly suited for musicians wishing to enrich their interpretation in a dancing and expressive style, working on rhythmic precision, clarity of accents, and color palette. It can also serve as repertoire material to build a short program, alternating character pieces and more lyrical pages.

Technical specifications

Musical Genre

Classical

Publication

Sheet music

Genre

tango score

Questions frequently asked

How many pieces does the El Viaje sheet music for alto saxophone contain?

The collection includes 14 pieces, among them "El viaje (The journey)", "Pedro y Pedro", and "Tango final".

Which tango styles are covered in this collection?

The writing explores the spirit of tango, including a "Milonga" and pieces with song-like or overture characters. Typical accents, rubato, and dynamic contrasts are part of the indicated interpretative directions.

Does the sheet music include excerpts from Famille d'artistes?

Several titles come from "Famille d'artistes", including "La mort du canard", "Sentimantal", "La chanson du Popo", and "Chanson de la naissance". "Tango final" and "Ouverture" are also part of these excerpts.

Are there pieces from A Midsummer Night's Dream included?

The table of contents includes seven pieces related to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", among them "Artisane 1", "Sensuel", "Milonga", "Dansée", and "Puck arrabal".